Politics & Policy

Political rhetoric inside the Beltway is so predictably fatuous these days, it’s easy to treat it like Muzak.   Try to ignore ...

It’s in nobody’s political interest to focus on what’s happening in Afghanistan, and it sure seems like nobody’s ...

This year marks the sesquicentennial of the start of the Civil War. The 150th anniversary of the prelude to that war, the secession of S ...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania introduced a bill Thursday to help more low-income children learn and develop. The “Supporting St ...

When politicians decide to seek a new elected office, the first step is often to quietly pass the word of one’s interest in a posit ...

The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in 1996. Among other provisions, it s ...

What will be the impact of rising gasoline and food prices predicted for later this year? How will those increased costs affect the econ ...

In my class on Partnership Taxation we were discussing the fact that hedge fund managers are taxed on their multi-million or billion doll ...

Back in January 2008, as Michael Nutter was taking office as mayor amid loud hosannas, a Philly native named Shirley Franklin visited tow ...

I received an invitation to speak about illegal immigration to a gathering of the Berks County Patriots and other Tea Party groups in Lee ...

Winston Churchill said in a 1947 speech that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others. As though to prove his ...

The casino license for the long-stalled Foxwoods project in South Philadelphia has been revoked, and the gaming group is appealing the de ...

So where does Christine O’Donnell go now after her landslide defeat (57% to 40%) by now Senator Chris Coons in Delaware? Get ready ...